By: Powell S.B. No. 385
(In the Senate - Filed January 21, 2021; March 9, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
April 27, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 27, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Tarrant County Hospital District
or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district regarding certain
technology or intellectual property owned by or licensed to the
district or corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0519 to read as follows:
Sec. 281.0519. TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; AUTHORITY
TO SELL OR LICENSE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) The Tarrant County
Hospital District or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district
may:
(1) sell or license technology or intellectual
property that is owned by or licensed to the district or a nonprofit
corporation formed by the district;
(2) enter into a contract to provide services related
to technology or intellectual property sold or licensed under
Subdivision (1);
(3) contract, collaborate, or enter into a joint
venture or other agreement with a public or private entity to engage
in an activity authorized under Subdivision (1) or (2); or
(4) take any other action necessary to protect or
benefit from the exclusivity of technology and intellectual
property owned by or licensed to the district or a nonprofit
corporation formed by the district, including applying for,
acquiring, registering, securing, holding, protecting, and
renewing under applicable provisions of state, federal, or
international law:
(A) a patent;
(B) a copyright;
(C) a trademark, service mark, collective mark,
or certification mark; or
(D) any other form of protection of intellectual
property provided by law.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3):
(1) a public or private entity may be a for-profit or a
nonprofit entity; and
(2) a nonprofit corporation formed by the district may
hold an ownership interest in a public or private entity described
by Subsection (a)(3).
(c) Information prepared or compiled by or for the Tarrant
County Hospital District or a nonprofit corporation formed by the
district relating to the development of technology or intellectual
property to which this section applies is exempt from public
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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